Amjad Atallah, Michael R. Meyer, Dirk Salomons, Guido Schmidt-Traub, and Nicky Smith addressed recent political, security, humanitarian, and development progress and challenges in Darfur.
An initiative of the Center for the Study of Human Rights with the Humanitarian Affairs Program, SIPA and the African Studies Institute
Conference Agenda
Monday, December 3, 2007
Lerner Hall
Broadway and 115th Street
Satow Room, 5 th floor
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Welcome
Elazar Barkan, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights
8:35 Introduction
David L. Phillips, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights
8:45 Keynote Remarks
H.E. Zalmay Khalilzad, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
9:00 Agenda Setting
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University and Special Adviser to the Un Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals
9:30 Panel One: Recent Developments
Chair: Dirk Salomons, Director, Humanitarian Affairs Program, SIPA
Political: Michael R. Meyer, Director of Communications, Executive Office of the Secretary General, United Nations
Security: Amjad Atallah, Senior Director, International Policy and Advocacy, Save Darfur Coalition
Humanitarian: Nicky Smith, Deputy Director for Advocacy and Government Relations, International Rescue Committee
Development: Guido Schmidt-Traub, Team Leader, MDG Support Team, Bureau for Development Policy, UN Development Programme
11:00 Coffee/tea
11:30 Panel Two: Mapping the Issues
Chair: H.E. Wegger Strommen, Ambassador of Norway to the United States
Return and Resettlement: Niemat Ahmadi, Save Darfur Coalition
Health: Maha El-Adawy, Senior Policy Adviser on Health, UN Development Programme
Water and Forestry: Gonzalo Pizarro, MDG Support Team, Poverty Group, BDP UN Development Programme
Political Participation, Governance and the Rule of Law: Mohamed Younus, Program Adviser, Regional Bureau of Arab States, UN Development Programme
Rights, Justice and Reconciliation: Suliman Baldo, Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Center for Transitional Justice
13:00 Panel Three: International Response
Discussants:
Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and
Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
H.E. Lila Hanita Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United Nations, New York(invited)
13:30 Lunch and Keynote Address
Introduction: Ann Curry, News Anchor/Correspondent, Today and Dateline NBC
Keynote Address: H.E. Jan Pronk, Professor of International Affairs at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (former United Nations SRSG for Sudan)
Respondent: John Prendergast, Co-chair, ENOUGH Project
15:00 Executive Session/Next Steps
Chair: David L. Phillips
Panelists:
Andrew Cox, Chief of Staff, Office of the Under-Secretary General, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations
George Biddle, Executive Vice President, International Rescue Committee
Paul Van Zyl, Vice President, International Center for Transitional Justice
17:30 Adjourn
